On June 21, 1977 At Memorial Stadium, the Boston Red Sox pummel the Baltimore Orioles, Luis Tiant fires a 2-hitter and Jim Rice and George Scott bang homers. Fireworks happen in the 9th Scott who homered earlier was hit by Martinez and charged the mound. The HBP resulted in 3 insurance runs the Red Sox,…
1975 – The Twins’ Craig Kusick ties the major-league record by being hit by pitches three times in a game, an 11-inning 1 – 0 win over the Brewers. Bert Blyleven goes the distance for the win.
On May 1, 1974, Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits three batters during the first inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds. Ellis hits Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen being his victims. Ellis, who admits to trying intentionally to hit each Reds batter that faced him, throws two pitches behind Tony…
This picture is from June 26, 1973. The batter is who was batting 9th. Rick Miller was the lead off hitter which is why he was the first to get to Guerrero. The pitcher for the Tigers was Mike Strahler. Guerrero left the game and John Kennedy pinch ran for him and took over second…
1972 – In Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, Bert Campaneris of the Oakland Athletics throws his bat at Detroit Tigers pitcher Lerrin LaGrow after being hit by a pitch. Both players are ejected and Campaneris is suspended for the rest of the series.
Expos second baseman Ron Hunt is plunked by a pitch for the 50th time of the season, establishing a big league record. By comparison, the runner-up in the league, teammate Rusty Staub, will be hit by a pitch only nine times.
On April 13, 1971, the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins tie a major league record by combining to hit seven batters with pitches. Kansas City’s Tom Burgmeier and Minnesota’s Ron Perranoski each hit two batters in the Royals’ wild 5-3 victory over the Twins…
On May 31, 1970, Baltimore Orioles star Paul Blair is hit by a pitch thrown by California Angels relief pitcher Ken Tatum. Blair suffers a broken nose and other facial fractures. Although Blair will recover and continue to play for 10 more seasons, he will never hit above .280 over the balance of his career.
Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers wins his 25th game
On June 21, 1967 In retaliation for Joe Foy getting struck in the helmet in the top of the frame, Red Sox starter Jim Lonborg promptly plunks opposing pitcher Thad Tillotson in the back, igniting a bench-clearing brawl in the second inning of the Yankees’ 8-1 loss to Boston at Yankee Stadium. The…
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